ESFL is delighted to be participating in this year’s San Francisco LaborFest 2021. Most of their wonderful programming is online this year, so you can participate, too. Please follow this link to see what else is on tap.

The 1934 July Minneapolis Teamsters’ strikes were part of a mass movement of workers in the United States that brought the greatest unionization in the history of the United States. We invite you to watch John DeGraaf’s compelling film, “Labor’s Turning Point,” and then engage with a panel which will discuss the strike’s relevance to the challenges facing working people and the labor movement today. The panelists will include ESFL’s Peter Rachleff, David Van Deusen, President of the Vermont AFL-CIO, and Kieran Knutson, President of CWA Local 7250 (AT&T workers, Minnesota). The Vermont AFL-CIO has been in the news for its passage of a resolution in November 2020 which called for a nationwide general strike if then-President Trump had tried to have a coup. Help us explore what we can learn from the Minneapolis Teamsters’ strikes in 1934 and their impact throughout the local and regional labor movements.

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Initial Speakers:

Peter Rachleff, Professor and founder of the East Side Freedom Library
Kieran Knutson, President of CWA 7250
David Van Deusen, President Vermont AFL-CIO

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More information about LaborFest 2021 is available here.